Sunday, February 7, 2010

'Green' experiment at City Hall stinks

Chicage Sun-Times "Waterless urinals installed to promote water conservation in the public men's room outside the City Council chambers have turned into a stinky mess. The odor got so bad that the "green" urinals are now being ripped out and replaced with the old-fashioned kind at a cost City Hall has refused to disclose."

Brutality in the Middle East

Jennifer Rubin "Medine Memi was found in a sitting position with her hands tied, in a two-metre hole dug under a chicken pen outside her home in Kahta, in the south-eastern province of Adiyaman. Her father and grandfather have since been arrested and are due to face trial over her death. Her mother was also charged but has since been released."

Obama Nation: SCOTUS vs POTUS

Big Hollywood This is in comic book form so that more Obama voters can comprehend this issue.

Why are liberals so condescending?

WaPo "But American liberals, to a degree far surpassing conservatives, appear committed to the proposition that their views are correct, self-evident, and based on fact and reason, while conservative positions are not just wrong but illegitimate, ideological and unworthy of serious consideration. Indeed, all the appeals to bipartisanship notwithstanding, President Obama and other leading liberal voices have joined in a chorus of intellectual condescension."

Another Undead Conservative Idea; Abstinence

Mona Charen, NRO "Well, this will be a test. The Obama administration has vowed to fund “evidence-based” programs. Will they reverse their decision to completely defund abstinence ed?

Our Big-Time Investigative Media (The Obama T-Shirt Lady)

JustOneMinute "Obama told the crowd that the woman had no health insurance, so viewed that way the Times reporting is literally accurate. However, the woman, Melanie Shouse, did in fact have insurance - she had a catastrophic policy with a $5,000 deductible and did not want to drop a few hundred bucks on a routine exam and a mammogram, despite feeling a lump in her breast at age 37."

The great global warming collapse

Globe and Mail "By exaggerating the certainties, papering over the gaps, demonizing the skeptics and peddling tales of imminent catastrophe, they've discredited the entire climate-change movement. The political damage will be severe." And this: Rajendra Pachauri: head of UN climate change panel clocks up half a million miles of air travel

From ‘Cap and Trade’ to ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ — Obama’s Radioactive Feint to the Right

James Hudnall "...Except nuclear power plants are already safe and sound in the US and have been for over 50 years. The 104 nuclear reactors in operation in 31 states provide only 20 percent of the nation’s electricity. But they are responsible for 70 percent of the power from pollution-free sources, including wind, solar and hydroelectric dams. Nuclear power is only eclipsed by fossil fuels as a source of power as this chart reveals. But unlike fossil fuels, it’s a clean source of energy. And we’re evolving the technology to better and even safer versions."

Drilling Down Into Obama’s Energy Promises

Big Journalism "The question then becomes: is it possible to establish reliable, abundant sources of natural gas? The answer is yes, IF this administration was actually committed to cutting through the mountains of bureaucratic red tape that prevents us from doing so."

Our Wrong-Headed Approach to Utilizing Alternative Energy Sources

Pajamas Media "First, do the science to determine if it works. Then support it with public funds if necessary and not the other way around."

Palin’s Speech a ‘Masterful Exercise in Paranoid Politics’ from a ‘Merchant of Hate’

Newsbusters "Democratic operative Bob Shrum, just after Sarah Palin finished her address to the Tea Party convention in Nashville, during the live MSNBC coverage Saturday night anchored by liberal radio host Ed Schultz who noted Palin had cited Ronald Reagan..."

But He was the Harvard Law Review Editor!

Jennifer Rubin "...But it turns out he lacks some key abilities — executive leadership, decisiveness, deal-making prowess, flexibility, and basic people skills — that are essential to a successful presidency. This is not simply the conclusion of conservatives. The entire country witnessed his agonizing decision-making process on the Afghanistan war strategy. Now on health-care reform, his own party is frustrated and dismayed with the non-governing president. As this report notes:"